In Medusa, another emotion is bitterness. ‘I stared in the mirror, love gone bad’. This shows bitterness because she is bitter about the way ‘love’ has turned out. It is almost an oxymoron, because society teaches us that love is good and should be sought after, whereas what she is saying goes against this. This intensifies the emotion and reinforces how much of a ‘mess’ their relationship is in.
Emerson’s view on consistency is, once again, completely different form the average view from society. He sees consistency as a bad trait and something that everyone should shy away from. I myself believe that Emerson is right in believing consistency isn’t such a great thing. I believe people should be inconsistent and change their mind if they are given a certain amount of proof to change their mind. This is how Emerson sees consistency; he is very much against it and looks down upon those who do not change their minds.
This is important to the novel because we later learn that Miss. Dubose is in fact ill and there is a reason for her ill mannered behaviour. This shows the theme since Atticus acted in a hero like fashion rather than the way most of society would have acted. A similar case happens when Bob Ewel spits on Atticus and to that Atticus responds with “”. This also shows how Atticus simply can not see the dark in people.
Throughout most of the novel Pip is led to believe that Miss Havisham is his benefactor and when he finds out that it is actually Magwitch, he is truly disgusted. This disgust that he possessed towards Magwitch was very superficial and is not a trait that is associated with a true gentleman. Pip expresses how he “could not bring [him]self to bear the sight of [Magwitch], and [he] thought [Magwitch] had a worse look by daylight” (Dickens,349). This passage displays how Pip cannot bear to look at Magwitch because he has become such a superficial snob. However after Magwitch explains that he was treated unfairly by Compeyson and that he does not truly deserve to be labeled as a convict, Pip starts to become closer to him.
Dimmesdale is just too weak and good-natured to shoulder the kind of blame he is foisting upon himself.He tried to hide his sin and guilt but, his heart literally weakened, and he died. 1a) "Poor, miserable man! what right had infirmity like his to burden itself with crime? Crime is for the iron-nerved, who have their choice either to endure it, or, if it press too hard, to exert their fierce and savage strength for a good purpose, and fling it off at once!” Pg.172 Do not be a hypocrite. Do not put a false point to the world to make it seem like you have no faults.
They refer to this minority as diseased or sick. The second group is the hysterical haters. The “hater” envies those who are able to act out on desires that he himself has to repress. The third group is narcissistic hate where unawareness of a group leads to contempt for them. Although Sullivan feels that this definition is not the final definition of hate, but it serves to better define the word and helps understand the true meaning behind the word.
Dead man walking 1) I thought that Matthew Poncelet is quite a tough character, I didn’t really like him as I thought some of his words and actions were quite nasty and hash. I did feel a little sorry for him as I thought that maybe he wasn’t much of a nice person because he could have had a tough up bringing which may have left him to look after himself which could of made him tough. I also felt sorry for him when he was saying his goodbyes to his mum and little brother and when he admitted his crimes because I thought that he was sorry and sad, I think that Helen decided to help him because she is a nice genuine character and wants to help people but I didn’t think she particularly liked him. 2) I still didn’t change my view about him after he confessed as he still was a horrible man but I did feel for him as I felt that as he admitted it he realized how bad his crimes were and who/how they hurt people.
As, happiness leads to love, sadness leads to anger, hates leads to suffering and excellence of one can lead to dislikeness of others. Jealousy is nothing more than a fear of abandonment. Enders came by Orson Scott Card suggests that people dislike those who excel, the evidence is shown by Ender throughout the story, whose excellence makes him suffer when he faces Peter’s (brother’s) anger, the group members’ separation and his excellence forces others to torture him in many ways. Even though Ender is a nine year old boy, he is so brilliant that his excellence becomes a threat in many ways and Ender suffers in spite of his brilliance. To begin with the novel shows how Ender’s excellence makes him a victim of his brother’s anger.
The use of events within ‘Romulus, my Father’ also allow us to view Romulus himself as a sort of tragic hero, since his fatal flaw is being too trusting of people’s karacter. The novel depicts Romulus as a unique character, who has a deep sense of integrity, yet this integrity ironically destroys his soul. He is wise, yet in a sense illogical since much of his judgement takes place on an irrational basis. The novel not only uses the idea of a romantic tragedy, but also takes other forms such as eulogy, bildungs roman and biography. This use of shifting language modes represents Raimond himself changing, both in pace of the story and his opinion regarding his father.
This is demonstrated by, “…then he looked ashamedly at the flames.” This technique illustrates that George is going to feel repentant about what he has said and will try to make up for it. It also might be said that the character George feels guilty on what he has done and will try and redeem himself. This is noted in the novel when George says, “Aw Lennie.” The effect upon the reader is that George is shamefaced and will try to make his friend Lennie feel better by offering other choices which he could do In conclusion, I think this essay shows that George is easily aggravated and a cautious character. This is demonstrated by, “Lennie. You gonna be sick like you was last night.